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Johns v. Johns

Citations

  • 420 S.E.2d 856
  • 309 S.C. 199
  • 1992 S.C. App. LEXIS 133

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  • refusing to apply a consent order entered by the family court finding husband and wife married at common law because giving the order collateral estoppel effect would violate the State’s policy finding bigamous marriages void as mandated by statute
  • \[T]he courts must weigh the competing public policies.\

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Judges: Cureton, Goolsby, Littlejohn

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